Fatwa

Menstruating Women can Visit the Masjid, Recite the Qur’ān, Read from the Mus’ḥaf and Make Dhikr of Allāh as there is No Evidence that Disallows that: al-Imām Muhammad Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albānī

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Purification of the Soul

Prompt your dying ones with lā ilāha illallāh! Allah’s Messenger visited an Ansāri man and said: “O uncle, say lā ilāha illallāh.” And the speech of Abu Hātim to Abu Zur’ah Ar-Rāzī when he was dying.

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Purification of the Soul

Abdullāh Ibn Mas‘ūd explains the meaning of “Have Taqwā of Allāh as He deserves.” (3:102) & the meaning of Taqwā by Shaikh Al-Fawzān

Shaikh Al-Fawzān stated: “The meaning of having Taqwā of Allāh is that you do whatever Allāh (the Most Perfect and Most High) has commanded hoping for His reward. And that [read on…]
Manners and Behaviour

A Gift of ‘Oud Al-Bakhūr and a Letter Expressing Love and Brotherhood from Imām Abdul-Āzīz Ibn Bāz to Al-‘Allāmah Ahmad Ibn Yahyā An-Najmī (may Allāh’s Mercy be upon them both)

Al-Bukhāri reported in his Sahīh (no. 2585): عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْبَلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَيُثِيبُ عَلَيْهَا‏.‏ A’ishah (radiyallāhu ’anhā) narrated [read on…]
Fatwa

A man purchases goods and leaves the change he is owed with the seller to collect at a later time. Is this allowed? Shaikh Ahmad An-Najmī

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Hadeeth

Hadeeth: Whoever removes hardship from a believer, brings ease to one in difficulty, hides the faults of a Muslim, helps his brother, strives to seek knowledge and gathers in a house of Allah to learn — And the one who is slow to do good deeds. (Explained by Shaikh Ibn Bāz)

Imam Muslim reported in his Saheeh (no. 2699) عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ [read on…]
Books

Impurities that affect water: Water cannot be rendered impure by anything except by that which changes its smell, taste and colour.

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Books

Understanding the Impact of the Islamic Jamā’ahs on the Ummah. Do they Aid the Muslims or Diminish them? And how should Individual Muslims Interact with these Groups? By Shaikh Sālih Al-Fawzān

Question: We hear much in this age of the Islamic Jama’āt in the different parts of the world – so what is the origin of this term and its usage? [read on…]
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Hadith, ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he has divided your provision—and Allah gives wealth to whom He loves and to those He does not love—but He does not bestow Imān except upon whom He loves…”

Murrah narrated from Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūd (radiyallāhu ’anhu) that he said: ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he divided your provision. Verily, Allah gives wealth to whom He [read on…]
Family

A believing woman guards herself and her honour in the absence of her husband from being touched by other men, and she does not expose her beautification in front of them.

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation; may Allah extol the mention of our noble [read on…]
Books

Water is pure and nothing can make it impure except if an impurity is added which changes its smell, taste or colour: Purification and the types of water.

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Books

Seawater, river water and lake water are pure and purifying, and their creatures are lawful to catch and eat: Purification and the types of water.

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Aqeedah

Chapter 26: That which has been reported in the Quran and Sunnah concerning the Soothsayers, Fortunetellers, Astrologers and those who are like them: Kitāb at-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

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Aqeedah

Part 3: To Abandon Innovations, Hizbiyyah (Partisanship), Differing, Sectarianism, and Establishing the Call to Unity: Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal’s Usūl As-Sunnah (The Foundations of the Sunnah) with the explanation of Shaikh An-Najmi.

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Celebrations

All of our Religion is good and were the Muslims to cling to it and practice it properly, then the people of the world would recognise the beauty of Islam

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Dress Code

Is it allowed to wear a ring on the forefinger and middle finger? And is it allowed to abbreviate “salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam” to “S” or “SAW”? Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Bāz.

Question: What is the ruling of wearing a ring on the forefinger (index finger) or middle finger because we have heard that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam) prohibited it? And [read on…]
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Dress Code

Is it allowed for a woman to leave her home wearing regular garments that conceal her whole body but not with a black jilbāb? Shaikh Al-Islām Ibn Bāz

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Al-Hamawiyyah Al-Kubrā

Ibn Taymiyyah on those who first denied the Attributes of Allah ― And the influences of philosophy and theological rhetoric (‘ilm al-kalām) upon the Muslims that led to deviation in the Islamic Creed (Al-Fatāwa Al-Hamawiyyah Al-Kubrā)

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Child Birth

The ‘Aqeeqah is a Sunnah on the seventh day, to be eaten by the family and distributed to neighbours, friends and the poor. And how to calculate the first day and the seventh day – Shaikh Ibn Bāz

‘Aqeeqah is a Sunnah – for a boy two sheep, and for a girl, one sheep. That is the Sunnah. It is to be slaughtered on the seventh day. There [read on…]